Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University.
John Springford
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This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a global far-right movement, coordinated on X, organised by some of the most powerful men in the world from Silicon Valley to the White House inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
We need leaders who can spell out what's happening clearly and with force.
Europe needs to rapidly improve its deterrence.
A new @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social / Hanns Seidel Foundation paper by @armida.bsky.social outlines key steps European governments can take in the next 1-2 years to accelerate rearmament, readiness and deterrence efforts.
Read here: buff.ly/rwfLU1S
Worth reading. Bad arguments that won't make any difference, apart from keeping a few more oil and gas workers in a job for a bit longer. It's really tough for them, but these MPs are peddling false hope.
They're all in this article www.theguardian.com/sport/galler...
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And last week we had the "two tier policing" discussion when there is no actual evidence of this phenomenon (other than police continuing to stop and search brown people at a disproportionate rate).
Why what went wrong when the police arrived at the scene might have nothing to do with race, but the police still need to change their wider approach. Plus why Reform’s response shows why the Tories can’t do business with them. My ConHome piece on the Nowak case. conservativehome.com/2026/06/08/d...
In time their left-wing principles will be frayed by experience and personal interest, as per.
It would be extremely helpful to national life if the BBC did not treat crucial economic questions as mere political debate.
Football hooligans used to organise 'rucks' via word of mouth in pubs and ringing each other up.
